Plesiolena
Sign in to savePlesiolena is a small genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. It was first described by Pablo A. Goloboff and Norman I. Platnick in 1987, and it has only been found in Chile. The name is a combination of "plesiomorphy" and the genus Missulena. it contains only 2 species: P. bonneti and P. jorgelina.
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It is catalogued under topics including Actinopodidae, Endemic spiders of Chile and Mygalomorphae genera.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyActinopodidae
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Actinopodidae
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- taxon name
- Plesiolena
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- Category:Plesiolena
- taxonomic type
- Plesiolena bonneti
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Plesiolena is a small genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. It was first described by Pablo A. Goloboff and Norman I. Platnick in 1987, and it has only been found in Chile. The name is a combination of "plesiomorphy" and the genus Missulena. it contains only 2 species: P. bonneti and P. jorgelina.
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